Today’s Excerpt:

Watch “How to Whistle” (1-min video) to get the basics.

See if you break each step down and focus on it completely. Then ask for feedback from someone who has already figured it out.

If you have the hang of it, congratulations! You have a sense of deliberate practice.

Sentence stem: “Practice is hardest when…”

Pick up a fun new skill by practicing one of these activities. How much can you improve in a day? In a week?

You could learn to:

• Solve a rubik’s cube
• Draw something interesting
• Moonwalk (or another dance)
• Juggle
• Flip a water bottle
• Make a perfect fried egg
• Yo-yo
• Shuffle cards
• Do a magic trick

Consider recording your progress in a video log or journal.